Jitrois stretches the point

29/06/2015
Jitrois stretches the point
No one in the fashion world will be surprised to learn that specialist stretch leathers are the key material in the autumn-winter 2015-2016 collection put together by Paris-based designer Jean Claude Jitrois.

Mr Jitrois is on the record as saying: “Leather garments are something very special. They are comfort objects and they carry around our emotions and our memories. They even grow old with their owners; we leave our imprint on them. And the older a leather garment gets, the more we love it. It’s like good wine, it gets better with age.”

He claims that his introduction in 1993 of stretch leather is proof that it is possible for designers to be innovative while remaining faithful to their roots.

Image, courtesy of Jitrois, shows the new collection’s Abbie skirt in embroidered stretch suede and Swarovski crystals and gloves in stretch lambskin.